Daegu
| Daegu 대구 |
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|---|---|
| Metropolitan Ceety | |
| Daegu Metropolitan Ceety | |
| transcription(s) | |
| • Hangul | 대구광역시 |
| • Hanja | 大邱廣域市 |
| • Revised Romanization | Daegu-gwangyeoksi |
| • McCune-Reischauer | Taegu-kwangyŏksi |
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| Kintra |  Sooth Korea |
| Region | Yeongnam |
| Destricts | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kim Bum-il (김범일) |
| Area | |
| • Tot | 884.10 km2 (341.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Tot | 2,446,418 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| • Dialect | Gyeongsang |
| Flower | Magnolia |
| Tree | Fir |
| Bird | Eagle |
| Website | daegu.go.kr (Inglis) |
Daegu (Korean pronunciation: [tɛɡu]), an aa kent as Taegu,[1] an offeecially the Daegu Metropolitan Ceety, is the third lairgest metropolitan aurie in Sooth Korea, an bi ceety limits, the fowert lairgest[2][3] wi ower 2.5 million fowk. The ceety is the caipital an principal ceety o the surroondin province, Gyeongsangbuk-do, although it is not legally pairt o the province. These twa auries are aften cawed Daegu-Gyeongbuk, an hae a population o ower 5 million.
The ceety is locatit in sooth-eastren Korea aboot 80 km inside frae seacoast, near the Geumho River an its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do, an aa cawed the Yeongnam region. The Daegu basin, where the ceety lies, is the middle pairt an rare plain o that region. It made the ceety the region's center o politics, economy, an cultur.
In ancient times, Daegu wis pairt o the Silla Kinrick which unified the Korean Peninsula first, an in the Joseon Dynasty period, it wis the caipital o Gyeongsang-do which wis ane o aicht provinces o the kintra. The ceety an aa wis the home of the regimes in Sooth Korea's rapid economic growth period (1960's–1980's). Today, the ceety haes become ane o the major ceeties o the kintra an is makin efforts tae be the center o the fashion an hie-tech industries. Due tae its status as a cultural center, there are mony nicknames for the ceety includin "Apple's Ceety", "Bonnie's Ceety", "Textile Ceety", an "Fashion Ceety".
Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Atlanta, Unitit States (1981)
Almaty, Kazakhstan (1990)
Qingdao, Cheenae (1993)
Minas Gerais, Brazil (1994)
Hiroshima, Japan (1997)
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie (1997)
Plovdiv, Bulgarie (2002)
Taipei, Taiwan (2010)- Natal, Brazil (2012)
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ This romanization o the ceety's name is in McCune-Reischauer. It wis uised prior tae the offeecial adoption o the Revised Romanization bi the Sooth Korean Government in 2000.
- ↑ Efter Seoul, Busan, an Incheon. The 2005 census first foond that Incheon's population wis lairger than Daegu's. "행정구역(동읍면)별 인구, 가구 및 주택". National Statistical Office. 2005. Retrieved 2006-11-17.
- ↑ Still, the ceety is considered as ane o the three major ceeties o the Republic o Korea, acause Incheon belangs tae the Seoul Naitional Caipital Aurie.
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